Tag Archives: participation

Common pitfalls of enterprise prediction markets: participants who lack relevant information, too few participants, and too little trading.

Posted on December 19, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

GOAL: “Prediction markets seek information aggregation from a large group of diverse individuals by encouraging active participation.“ REALITY CHECK: “The biggest challenge is getting people in the company to be active” [].

Posted in Analysis (Meta), Collective Forecasting, Exchanges & Markets | Tagged Collective Forecasting, corporate prediction markets, enterprise prediction markets, internal prediction markets, participants, participation, prediction markets, private prediction markets | Leave a comment

Robin Hanson is a web community super star.

Posted on July 11, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Andrew Gelman: Iâ€™ll write something fuller on my own blog, but I have to admit I envy Robin the lively and thoughtful participation he gets here. Robin is certainly doing something right to be generating this sort of discussion every … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce, Journalism | Tagged Andrew Gelman, bloggers, blogging, commenters. Overcoming Bias, commenting, comments, community, Internet Marketing, Open Media, participation, Robin Hanson | Leave a comment

Few people write up blog posts, but many read them (“scan-read” them, more exactly). That’s true for both Midas Oracle and the Blogosphere as a whole.

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Posted in Prediction Journalism, The Internet | Tagged bloggers, blogging, Blogosphere, Forrester, Internet, Open Media, participation, social media, Web, world-wide web | Leave a comment

Midas Oracle thanks these guys for participating (by publishing posts and/or comments) in our ongoing discussion about the social utility of the prediction markets.

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Tom W. Bell – Tom Bell – Post Archive at Midas Oracle – (Post Feed) – Professor – Law (Chapman University) – Blog: Agoraphilia – California, U.S.A. Caveat Bettor [pseudonym] – Post Archive at Midas Oracle – (Post Feed) – … Continue reading →

Posted in Midas Oracle Administration, Midas Oracle Participation | Tagged blog, blogging, Midas Oracle, Open Media, participation, prediction markets | 2 Comments

Harvard fella says prediction markets are doomed.

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

He bases his brilliant reasoning on “rumors” and total ignorance of the participation inequality law. Another academic fella who would be better off researching his topic before blogging on something he does not master. -

Posted in Analysis (Meta) | Tagged event derivative markets, event derivatives, Harvard, Market Liquidity, participation, participation inequality law, prediction markets | 3 Comments